Bhopal/Raipur, May 18 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav will participate in the 26th meeting of the Central Zonal Council scheduled to be held in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh on May 19.The primary purpose of Chief Minister Yadav’s visit to Jagdalpur is to deliberate on issues concerning the Centre and states, as well as matters involving member states, with a view to resolving them amicably.The meeting will also focus on strengthening regional development and security coordinat…
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New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) NITI Aayog’s Member (Health) M. Srinivas on Saturday congratulated all stakeholders on achieving near-universal access to retinoblastoma or eye cancer care, calling it a model that deserves to be emulated globally. In his Chief Guest address at a National Retinoblastoma Conclave held at Constitution Club here, Srinivas said, “India is showing the world that collaborative, patient-centred systems can make near-universal childhood cancer access possible even in a resou…
Shillong, May 13 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Sukanta Majumdar chaired a high-level review meeting in Shillong to assess the progress of projects being monitored under the PM-Ref Portal across various schemes of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDoNER), officials said on Wednesday. A total of 17 major projects, with an estimated sanctioned cost of around Rs 3,108 crore, were reviewed during the meeting.These projects are…
Jaipur, May 12 (IANS) Rajasthan has emerged as one of the prominent states in the country where school students can access complete schooling, from the primary to the senior secondary level i.e. from Class 1 to 12, at a single institution.This key achievement of enabling students to access complete schooling, from the primary to the senior secondary level at a single institution has been highlighted in the latest NITI Aayog report titled ‘School Education System in India – Temporal Analysis an…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) NITI Aayog on Tuesday dismissed reports claiming that it had recommended a two-year halt on major construction and demolition activities across the country due to the ongoing West Asia crisis and rising economic pressures.In a statement posted on social media platform X, the government think tank clarified that it had made no such recommendation regarding a construction ban.“This is to clarify that no such recommendation in any form has been made by NITI Aayog calling …
Aizawl, May 11 (IANS) Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Monday met Union Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Secretary Sanjay Jaju and stressed the need for a more systematic and transparent implementation of the 10 per cent Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) mechanism. The expenditure under the 10 per cent mandatory GBS mechanism for Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored Schemes in the Northeastern region by non-exempted ministries, departments, and organisations (MDOs) is monitored by th…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Atal Innovation Mission on Monday organised the Regional AIM SUMVAAD – Central India Edition at Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology in Indore, bringing together key stakeholders from government, industry, academia, startups and incubators to strengthen State-Centre collaboration and build a stronger innovation ecosystem across the region.The initiative aimed at deepening engagement between governments, startups, incubators and industry leaders while promoting i…
Bhopal, May 10 (IANS) Former Leader of the Opposition and senior Congress leader Ajay Singh on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the Madhya Pradesh government, citing the latest NITI Aayog report as evidence of the deteriorating condition of the state’s education system.Speaking in Bhopal, Singh said the findings exposed the hollowness of Chief Minister Mohan Yadav’s claims of “Abhyuday Madhya Pradesh”.Describing the situation as alarming, he said that in the era of Digital India, nearly…
Amaravati, May 10 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu will visit Delhi on Monday to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah and some other Central ministers to discuss various state-related projects. The Chief Minister will leave Hyderabad for Delhi on Monday morning and is scheduled to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah at 11:30 a.m. Later, the Chief Minister will also hold a meeting with Union Jal Shakti Minister C. R. Patil.The Chief Minister is expected to discuss various st…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The government launched the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) in 2014-15 and since then, Rs 2,119.84 crore has been released under Rainfed Area Development (RAD), covering 8.50 lakh hectares and benefiting 14.35 lakh farmers through Integrated Farming System, an official fact-sheet said on Saturday.Implemented since 2015-16, about 109 lakh hectares have been covered under the Per Drop More Crop (PDMC) scheme with Rs 26,325 crore released as central assis…